The OUTDOOR SWIMMING SOCIETY was founded in 2006 by Kate Rew, a journalist and the author of the bestseller WILD SWIM.
The OSS is the main resource on wild swimming locations and wild swimming safety in the United Kingdom. It act as an open-to-all central resource for wild swimmers, and aims to encourage people to rediscover the joys of swimming in open, wild water - rivers, lakes, lochs, tarns, ponds, seas.